Faraday Future's First Pre-Production FF 91 Is Here

The first pre-production FF 91 model from Faraday Future has rolled off the line at the company's facility in Hanford, California today. The company's founder and global CEO, Jia Yueting, Tweeted that this "new species" of electric vehicle is something that not only drivers but also the transportation industry as a whole will benefit from.

Faraday is not ashamed of hyperbole, calling the FF 91 an "ultra-luxury intelligent EV." The EV will have a range of over 300 miles and a 0-60 time of under three seconds. Faraday says that today's pre-production build is one, "key step closer to the first complete production car, FF 91," which is now supposed to happen during the first half of 2019 instead of an initial rumored date of late 2018.

Aside from the vehicle itself, Faraday Future is highlighting the local jobs created as part of the process in getting these cars into the real world. Faraday says that "upwards of over 1,000 jobs" will be created at the Hanford factory, with many new employees coming from the nearby College of the Sequoias, Visalia. The company is actively hiring with ads like this one, which say that Faraday Future is working on "exciting new possibilities in mobility," and that it is "producing user-centric, technology-first vehicles to establish new paradigms in human-vehicle interaction. We're not just seeking to change how our cars work – we're seeking to change the way we drive. At FF, we're creating something new, something connected, and something with a true global impact." Nope, not afraid of hyperbole at all.

The company's next big announcement should be the start of actual production of the FF 91.

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